Jiang Ke’er tapped and prodded the bodies of those Hall of the Wild Dragon cultivators, confirming that everything was progressing exactly as she had planned, then nodded.
“Alright.”
She withdrew from the Hall of the Wild Dragon cultivators and ran over to the already poisoned Taiming Sect disciples nearby.
The duel had two steps: the first was poisoning, and the second was detoxification.
Now came the second step—the most dangerous one.
Looking closely, Jiang Ke’er couldn’t help but feel a mix of amusement and pity—these poor souls truly were down on their luck.
Just yesterday, they had been subjected to a slow slicing execution, and today they were once again covered in poison, their skin mottled in various colors, even glowing faintly like neon lights.
Indeed, this was precisely the same batch of Taiming Sect disciples from yesterday.
They had probably been on their usual gatekeeping duty when they were ambushed by the Hall of the Wild Dragon cultivators again.
Now, each one wore an expression of utter despair.
“Qingyi! Forfeit!” Master Yiqin urged urgently.
Jiang Ke’er turned back with a sorrowful smile, “Master, these senior brothers are poisoned with Acute Deadly Poison. If I forfeit, they have no hope!”
“But you won’t be able to save them! Don’t sacrifice yourself as well!” Yiqin’s eyes welled with tears.
Though she didn’t understand how Jiang Ke’er could recognize that these were Acute Deadly Poisons, even she couldn’t handle them.
To cure them would inevitably put herself at risk… so how could Jiang Ke’er possibly cope?
“It’s alright, Master. Last night I studied many toxin textbooks and roughly figured out how to detoxify these poisons,” Jiang Ke’er said with a heroic expression. “At least I can save these senior brothers! The day I joined Lingyin Valley, I made an Aspiration to Save the World… Today, I can finally fulfill it!”
Yiqin clenched her teeth.
Around them, Lingyin Valley disciples and other Taiming Sect peaks’ disciples also teared up, sobbing quietly.
Our Little Junior Sister is truly too kind-hearted!
Such a pure and gentle Little Junior Sister, now about to be poisoned by the Hall of the Wild Dragon’s disciples… Ah! If anything happens to her, we will fight to the death with Hall of the Wild Dragon and avenge her!
Jiang Ke’er resolutely turned and left, leaving the Taiming Sect disciples with only a fragile and slender back.
Iron Prison was watching nearby with a broad grin. This was exactly the effect he wanted!
These poisons were fiercely toxic and highly diffusive; the little demon probably wouldn’t even save a single person before being overcome by the poison, forced to endure its torment helplessly, lying down and wailing in pain!
“Let me repeat the rules one more time,” Iron Prison Elder said leisurely.
“In a Poison Duel, protective equipment is forbidden. You can only rely on your understanding of poisons and antidotes to cope!”
“I understand,” Jiang Ke’er replied.
Without any resistance, she knelt down and examined the poisons in the cultivators, seemingly resigned to her fate.
On the other side, the Hall of the Wild Dragon’s poison cultivator who was fighting was doing the same.
His name was Jin Ao, the younger brother of Jin Ping—the genius medical cultivator who had fought yesterday.
The three brothers were all famous prodigies of Hall of the Wild Dragon, top-tier cultivators! Today, it was Jin Ao’s turn to represent the Hall of the Wild Dragon and avenge his brother Jin Ping!
He had mustered all his strength! Before coming out, he made a vow to restore his brother’s honor with a crushing victory and return triumphantly to the sect!
After briefly examining the poisons Jiang Ke’er had used, he couldn’t help but sneer.
Really childish beginner’s techniques, full of rookie mistakes.
They were all common poisons easily detoxified, and they wouldn’t even spread to threaten him.
He just needed to neutralize them one by one.
But being cautious, he didn’t act rashly.
He checked repeatedly to confirm there were no traps before kneeling to start detoxifying.
The first poison was simple to cure. You only needed to turn the poisoned disciple face down, letting them lie on the ground.
Then, take out a silver needle, dip it in mugwort ash water, lean in close to find the acupuncture point on the waist, and stab firmly—
“Pop—”
Stimulated, the poisoned disciple’s intestines suddenly contracted, releasing a thunderous and deafening blast of foul gas from the nearest exhaust orifice!
It was a fart so loud it seemed like heavenly thunder, and as the poison was expelled, a suffocating stench instantly spread, engulfing the entire Hall of the Wild Dragon formation!
“???”
This wasn’t right!
Because when detoxifying, the one inserting the needle inevitably faced the poisoned disciple’s exhaust orifice.
To locate the acupuncture point, Jin Ao had to be practically pressed against them… So the thick cloud of gas immediately blew straight into Jin Ao’s face and head!
Jin Ao’s long hair was blown backward, standing on end like a punk prince’s explosive hairstyle, and he was nearly blasted backward by the violent gas.
His eyes burned fiercely, and he almost passed out on the spot.
In his heart, he thought, this is a disaster! This completely caught me off guard.
This poison shouldn’t produce so much intestinal gas. This must be their hidden trump card!
But after recovering from the smell, Jin Ao was stunned to realize that the foul gas was just a stench.
It didn’t cause the slightest discomfort to his body.
No poison?
Just a scare tactic?
He hurriedly checked carefully and finally confirmed the other side had only inserted a common aeration medicine into the intestines.
This kind of aeration medicine was common.
It only accelerated fermentation of the intestines’ contents, producing the natural foul gas humans generate.
It wasn’t poison and, apart from being disgusting and scary, was practically useless…
Just a childish and laughable trick!
Jin Ao sighed in relief… he thought he was caught, but luckily the opponent’s control over poisons was weak.
Had this been a stronger poison cultivator, a careless move like that might have caused him serious trouble!
Although confident he could detoxify quickly, and having taken precautions in advance, it would still waste some time.
But since the other side didn’t use any fierce poisons in the meantime, it proved they really were weak—weak to an absurd degree.
Feeling disdainful, Jin Ao looked at the next poisoned Hall of the Wild Dragon disciple.
This one also needed to be turned over, lying on their back to detoxify.
But now Jin Ao had experience and coldly sneered.
He carefully avoided the exhaust orifice this time, then pinpointed the acupuncture point on the brain**, dipped the needle in antidote, and stabbed hard!
“Swish swish swish—”
“Pfft pfft pfft—”
Damn it!
This time there was no eye-burning incident.
But suddenly, the disciple’s hair stood straight up like needles! Before Jin Ao could react, the hair exploded outward!
As sharp as steel needles, the hair pierced Jin Ao’s face and head all over, and the nearby Hall of the Wild Dragon cultivators were also caught, turning into human porcupines on the spot!
But this was only the beginning.
The real danger was that this explosive hair poison was contagious!
“Swish swish swish—”
The Hall of the Wild Dragon exploded.